u/FirelandsValley

After so many iterations on the app store and updates to the app, I finally got my first paying customer for my first ever app!!

I've been trying to do as little spending on marketing as possible, mostly doing tiktoks. I tried to do $100 worth of apple ads which they give as a credit, but it didn't convert into any paying customers.

Getting your first sale really gives that push to keep going, it's a great feeling.

Here is the app if you are curious: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/halvy-split-expenses/id6782474367

I'm the solo dev behind Halvy, an expense-splitting app for couples, roommates, and friends.

First, the part that's free forever: splitting in Halvy has no ads, no daily limits, and no bank login, ever. Add an expense, pick how to split, and your balance updates instantly.

My favorite part: you can split by income, so each person's share matches what they actually earn (only the % is ever shown, never the dollar amount). Every split method is free, so fairness is never paywalled.

One more thing I care about: receipt scanning and voice entry use your phone's own tools, not a third-party AI service. Your data stays yours.

There's also a Pro tier that adds:

• 📸 Receipt scanning: snap it and the line items are pulled out automatically
• 📊 Budgets, category insights, and spending trends
• 🔁 Recurring bills, multiple currencies, trips, and CSV/PDF export
• 💼 Business mode: tax rates, totals by client, mileage, vendor tracking, and accountant-ready exports

I'll give a 6-month Pro code to everyone who comments in the next 24 hours!

Happy to answer anything in the comments, and honest feedback is genuinely welcome. It's just me building this.

App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.halvy.mobile

I'm the solo dev behind Halvy, an expense splitting app for couples, roommates, and friends, and as of the latest update, freelancers and small businesses too.

First, the part that's free forever: splitting in Halvy has no ads, no daily limits, and never asks for your bank login. Add an expense, pick how to split, and your balance updates instantly. My favorite part: you can split by income, so shares match what each person actually earns (only the % is ever shown, never the dollar amount). Every split method is free, so fairness is never paywalled.

What a year of Pro adds:

• 📸 Receipt scanning: snap it and the line items are pulled out automatically
• 📊 Budgets, category insights, and spending trends
• 🔁 Recurring bills, multiple currencies, trips, and CSV/PDF export
• 💼 Business mode: tax rates, totals by client, mileage, vendor tracking, and exports ready for your accountant

How to enter:

1. Comment below and tell me who you'd be splitting with (or just say hi)
2. Giveaway will end in 48 hours

Happy to answer anything in the comments, and honest feedback is genuinely welcome. It's just me building this.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/halvy-split-expenses/id6782474367
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.halvy.mobile

My girlfriend and I live together, so we're always sharing costs like groceries, rent, and bills. We tried a bunch of apps to keep track of it all, and almost every one made us pay for really basic things. One only let us add a few expenses a day unless we upgraded. Another put ads right in the middle of our own expenses. Another locked currency conversion behind a subscription. It got annoying, so I made my own app called Halvy. It's free, no ads, no daily limits, and no bank connection (you just type what you spent). It also does one thing the others didn't: you can split by income instead of always 50/50, which is fairer when one person makes more.

It's out now on iOS and Android and I'd love to hear what you think!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/halvy-split-expenses/id6782474367

I use Claude Code all day, and the only thing that ever comes out of all those tokens is a number going up in a billing dashboard. Felt like a waste of a perfectly good signal, so I made something fun with it.

It's called Tokengotchi, basically a Tamagotchi that eats your tokens. You run one command, it reads your local usage logs (same files ccusage reads, nothing leaves your machine), and a tiny hero turns that usage into "energy" and auto-battles through an idle dungeon while you work. Go code for an hour, come back, and it's like "your hero cleared 6 floors, hit level 14, and found a Rare Compiler Blade." Loot, classes, prestige, the hero visually levels up, etc.

npx tokengotchi

Progress is streak-weighted, so showing up consistently matters way more than raw volume, and it's PvE so you're racing floors instead of other people's wallets. It's meant to make the work you're already doing more fun, not get you to spend more.

Free and open source, not selling anything (donate link if you like it, but that's really it :). Still rough and the balancing is off in places, so I'd love feedback or bug reports. Enjoy!

https://danzinov.github.io/tokengotchi/